Billy Bathgate - Softcover

Doctorow, E. L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452280028 ISBN 13: 9780452280021

Publisher: Plume, 1998

Synopsis

A new edition of a classic best-seller follows young Billy Bathgate through 1930s New York as he becomes involved with the nefarious schemes of the fascinating mobster Dutch Schultz and begins a potentially deadly affair with Dutch's paramour. Reprint.

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Review:

In the Bronx of the 1930s, 15-year-old Billy Bathgate hooks up with a legendary mobster, Dutch Schultz. Schultz becomes an unlikely surrogate parent to the boy, introducing him to the ways of the world and training Billy to follow in his footsteps. After Billy falls for Schulz's latest girlfriend, he begins to question the actions of the mob he was so eager to join. As he seeks to protect the young woman, he gains strength in following his own heart and makes a courageous passage from boyhood to adulthood. E.L Doctorow won the 1990 PEN/Faulkner Award for this novel.

From the Publisher:

The bestselling, brilliantly crafted story of crime and corruption by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ragtime, Loon Lake, and World's Fair.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0452280028
• ISBN 13: 9780452280021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336